Reed Hostetler, 31, of Marshallville, Ohio, died after a tractor he was on tipped into a manure lagoon at his Fulton Road ...

Iowa State University Extension cites several cases in Iowa last year of manure pit fires and explosions. The danger of pit fires or explosions is highest during pumping and agitation. Manure in ...

The facility has an existing design capacity of 4,200 swine weighing more than 55 pounds housed in four deep pit finishing barns. An estimated 2 million gallons of liquid swine manure would be ...